Orthodox Christian art has almost nothing in common with its Catholic and Protestant counterparts despite the shared ...

The flatness of the image, its stillness ... “The Byzantine Orthodox iconography is not just an ‘art,’ it’s a sacred art,” said iconographer Theodoros Papadopoulos.

Orthodox Christians use art to make their services more meaningful ... by St. Sofroni of Siberia in the 19th Century. Icons, holy pictures, are also on display. They are meant to express the ...

Thus, Orthodox art is in some ways a paradox ... but some of them are self-portraits, striking images of herself in a traditional headscarf, eyes wide and piercing—rare in a conservative ...

In one image, women tread the beach in stocking feet and sweaters, wading ankle deep with small children while bare-chested men splash in deeper water. In the foreground, a non-Orthodox girl in ...

The Ten Commandments prohibit making “a graven image, nor any manner of likeness ... frequently cramped homes of the ultra-Orthodox, or use their art to address topics such as mental health ...

Getty Images In Egypt, a priest representing the Coptic Orthodox Church - the Middle East's largest Christian community - walks past worshippers at the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in ...

“The Byzantine Orthodox iconography is not just an ‘art,’ it’s a sacred art ... The flatness of the image, its stillness, the large eyes of its figures and the often symmetrical ...

should be Orthodox church members designated by the church. During the St. Sophia class, Papado­poulos guided his students in the basics of Byzantine icons, contrasting them with other forms of art.